Mountain Meat Packing Inc.

Mountain Meat Packing Inc. operates at 291 Lincoln Street in Craig, Colorado, in Moffat County, under FSIS establishment numbers M4146, P4146, and V4146. The federal record lists the plant for food inspection, meat processing, meat slaughter, and voluntary meat slaughter and processing. Its grant of inspection on file dates to January 9, 2020, and FSIS classifies it as a very small establishment.

Species slaughtered under inspection, as reported to FSIS, include cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, bison, and elk or deer. The plant reports a slaughter volume category of 1, meaning under 1,000 head per year. It also reports custom-exempt slaughter, in which animals owned by the customer are processed and returned in packages marked Not for Sale, and retail-exempt sales.

No website text is available for this establishment, and the directory listings found for it repeat only the address and phone number. Details beyond the federal record, including hours, ownership, pricing, booking practices, and product lists, are not yet on file. The listed phone number is (970) 824-4878. Note that the FSIS record gives the ZIP code as 81626 while third party directories list 81625.

The federal record lists Mountain Meat Packing Inc. for both USDA-inspected slaughter and custom-exempt slaughter, so livestock can in principle be processed either for resale under inspection or returned to the owner in packages marked Not for Sale. Species reported to FSIS as slaughtered under inspection are cattle, hogs, sheep and lamb, bison, and elk or deer. Reported slaughter volume is under 1,000 head per year, and FSIS classes the plant as very small. Booking practices, lead times, minimums, kill fees, and cut and wrap charges are not stated in any source on file, so a producer should call (970) 824-4878 to confirm current scheduling and terms.

Mountain Meat Packing Inc. reports custom-exempt slaughter to FSIS, which means it can process an animal a customer already owns (a whole, half, or share bought before slaughter) and return it in packages marked Not for Sale. Most small farms have one or two plants they book with, and the plant's calendar decides the delivery date.

The plant reports retail-exempt sales to FSIS, which allows direct sales to household customers, but no source on file describes a retail counter, bundles, halves and quarters, delivery, shipping, or online ordering. A Yelp listing includes a customer comment about elk being processed, indicating the plant handles wild game brought in by hunters, though terms for that work are not stated. Buyers should contact the plant directly for what is available.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.